Portable rail-saw plant



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W. L. GLBMBNTS.

PORTABLE RAIL SAW PLANT.

No. 353,922. Patented Dec. 7, 1886.

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W. vL. GLEMENTS.

PORTABLE lRAL SAW PLANT. .a

No. 353,922. Patented Deo. 7, 1886.

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WILLIAM L. CLEMENTS, OF BAY CITY, MICHIGAN.

PORTABLE RAIL-SAW PLANT.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 353,922. dated December 7, 1886.

Application filed September 17, 1886. Serial No. 213,821.

To all whom it may concern,.-

Be it known that I, WILLIAM L. CLEMENTs, of Bay City, in the county of Bayand State of Michigan, have invented a new and useful Improvement in Portable Rail-Saw Plants, of which the following is a specification.

My invention consists of a portable plant for sawing oft' the battered ends of railwayrails, drilling holes for the fish-plate bolts, and straightening the rails, when necessary, by which the plant can be taken to the place along a line of the railway where the work is to be done,'instead of transporting the railsto a shop, as is now necessary.

Figures 1 and 2 are vertical sections on the line A B and C D, respectively, of Fig. 3, which is a plan View of the complete apparatus.

The'length ofthe rail as compared with the length of a car requires a complete reorganizat-ion of the stationary rail-sawing plant, in order that the same may be placed upon a car, in such manner as to permit both ends of the rail to be presented to the different mechanisms of the plant, and to avoid the necessity of turning the rail end, because this can only be done without interfering with mechanism by a turn-table located at the end of the car.

1 represents the platform of a car, the running-gear of whichis not shown, and which would rest, if shown, on the track-rails 37.

2 represents a boiler, and 3 an engine, of any desired type located on the car, near one end thereof.

5 represents a gear-wheel, which may be a friction-gear,preferably with V-teeth,mounted on the crank-shaft 44 of t-he engine, and meshing with a smaller gear-wheel, 33, mounted on the counter-shaft 40, journaled in bearings under the car, as shown in Fig. 1. 16 repre` sents a belt-pulleyjournaled on this countershaft.

17 represents a belt running from pulley 16 to a smaller pulley, 18, secured on the arbor 47, of a rail-saw, 15, journaled in suitable supports, 48, upon the car, the arrangement being such as to run the saw 15 at great speed, and also bring it in or nearly in the center of the car longitudinally and at one side of the car laterally.

4 4 represent two feed-tables-one on each side of the saw-in each of which are feed- (No model.)

rollers 8, on which a rail can be moved, and each of which is supported on slides 20, and provided with gear by which they can be moved bodily (but separately) to and from the saw, said mechanism being as follows:

29 represents a slotted arm, and 27 a toothed segment, both secured to'a rock-shaft, 30,which extends along under one of the tables, and is provided, near the other end of the table,with another slotted armlike 29, each of said slotted arms being connected with the table by means of a pin, as shown in Fig. 1, and which will be readily understood by mechanics.

9 represents a lever and shaft, on the inner end of which is secured a worm, 28, which meshes in a worm-wheel, 26, mounted on a short counter-shaft, and having secured thereto a pinion, 38, which meshes with the toothed segment 27, so that by turning worm 28 in one direction or the other rock-shaft 30 is so rocked as to force table 4 toward or away from the saw, and thus carry a rail, 39, on said table into contact with the saw, the two tables 4 being independent, and each having like means of actuating it.

10 10 represent two swinging cranes fastened inthe side of the car, each provided with a hoisting-chain, 34, and tongs 36, or similar apparatus, by which a rail can be grasped and raised up onto one of the tables 4.

24 represents a drum mounted on a countershaft, 41, journaled in bearings under the car and extending under both cranes, there being a drum like 24 foreach crane, and the rope or chain 34 of each crane l0 is led to its windingdrum 24.

25 represents a friction-pulley or gear-wheel mounted on shalt 4l, and connected therewith by any desired form of clutch, so as to be locked on said shaft or wheel.

42 represents a counter-shaft journaled in bearings under said car, bearing thereon a friction pinion or gear-wheel, 43, which operates friction-pulley or gear-wheel 25.

23 represents a belt-pulley secured to counter-shaft 42, and 2l represents a belt-pulley secured to counter-shaft 40, said two pulleys being connected with each other by a belt, so that shaft 42 is driven bythe motion ot'shaft 40.

I 22 represents either a single pulley or two pulleys, as preferred, on shaft 42, on which run two belts to the pulleys 14 and 7, to oper- IOO Aro

ate the dr-ill 13 and the pump of the hydraulic straightening-machine' 3l, respectively.

6 6 represent two platforms hinged to the opposite sides of thecar, each supported by braces 35, which bear against the truss-rods of the car. s

12 12 12 represent three rollers, nearly in the longitudinal center of the car, inline with each other and in liuewith a doublespindle drill, 13, driven in the usual manner by a doublepivoted gear on shaft 45, which is driven through pulley `14.

11 l1 represent a series of rollers along the side of the car, opposite the feed-table 4 4.

19 represents a turn-table, consisting of an upright post pivoted in the car-body andbearing at its upper end a grooved T to receive the rail. It is placed at the end of the car farthest from the boiler, so that when a rail is balanced thereon it can be swungaround With-y out strikingany of the machinery on thecar. 31l represents a cylinder having therein a piston, 46, located above the line of rollers 11 and between two of the said rollers, andconnected with a small pump (not shown) driven by-a crank on shaft 47, this part of the device not being illustrated, as it is a common hydraulic rail-straightener well understood.

By this arrangement of mechanism a rail can be deposited by cranes 10 on the table 4 and moved easily, because of the rollers 8, along said table to bring the right point for making the cut opposite the saw. It=can then be forced against the saw by the mechanismlfor operating the table and cut. The table being brought back to position, the railis'run along `on rollers 8 onto the other table 4, so as to lpresent its other end to the saw. Itis again cut, as before, thus obviating all Vnecessity of turning a rail end from end to saw both ends. Afterbeing sawed the rail is slid on skids 49 from the table 4 to the rollers on end, and slid along said rollers until it comes under the drill 13, as indicated in Fig. 2, when it is drilled. The 'rail is vnow balanced on turntable 19, turned around,and run back on'rollers ori-2 to present its other end to the drill. After beingdrilled the rail is slid on skids 50 to the rollers 11, on which, if it needs. straightengine vmounted thereon, and a rail saw and drill mounted on the car and connected with said engine, substantially as shown and described.

2. -In combination withra railroad-car aud-a rail-'saw mounted on said car near-thelongitudinal center thereof, and near one side, two

independent movable feed-tables,oneon each side of said saw, whereby the two `ends ofa rail can be successively presented lto'said saw without turning the rail around, substantially asand for thepurposes described. f

3. Incombination witharailroad-car, arailsaw mounted on saidcar and fdriveu byfsuitable power carried on the car, two --independent feed-tables, actuating:mechanisms-formoving lsaid tables, a drill locatedat the `lateral center of the car, and atu-rn-table located at the end'of thefcar, substantially as shownand described.

4'. In combination with a railroad-ca-afrailsaw mounted in suitable supports thereon, two independent feed-tables running along one-side of fthefcar, acrane supported on thecanove'r one of said feed-tables, and vhoisting mechanism with said crane, substantially as sho-wn andldescribed.

5.- In-cornbination with a-railroad-car, arailsaw mounted onloue side'of the car near the i longitudinal center thereof, a drill mounted nearly in the lateral center of the car, anda straightening-press ou the yother side of the car, substantially as-shown anddescribed.

Y WM.V L. CLEMENTS.

Witnesses:

BETHUNE DUFFIELD, SUMNER COLLINS. 

